Green Decent and Public

The Council of Canadians, working with the Canadian Labour Congress, have produced Green Decent and Public, a report focused on the distinct opportunities of the public sector to play a prominent role in generating decent green jobs.  Green Decent Public focuses in particular on the opportunities in improving energy efficiency and rapidly expanding electricity produced from renewable resources. Public and community ownership of renewable power is offered as an alternative path to further market liberalization in the electricity sector that has distinct advantages. These advantages include retaining economic revenues, maximizing social benefits, prioritizing conservation and ensuring energy security.

• Executive summary | Résumé
• Green Decent and Public (full report)

Fact sheets

• Opportunity in Crisis: Decent Green Jobs | Possibilité que présentent les crises : créer des emplois verts décents
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Power Potential | Potentiel de l’efficacité énergétique et des énergies renouvelables
• Public and Community Ownership Examples | Exemples de propriété publique et communautaire
• Advantages of Public and Community Ownership | Avantages de la propriété publique et communautaire
• References | Références

Promoting public power and green jobs in Nova Scotia

The Council’s Energy Campaigner Andrea Harden-Donahue travelled to the east coast March 10-11, 2010 at the invitation of the Nova Scotia Environmental Network (NSEN). While there, she met with local activists and environmentalists to talk about the importance of changing from a fossil-fuel based economy to one that focuses on renewable and sustainable sources of energy. She called for the creation of “green jobs,” – jobs that contribute to improving the environment or reducing energy use – in areas of energy efficiency and renewable energy.

The Council of Canadians and NSEN hosted a public forum titled, “A Green Collar Economy: Innovative Ideas for Social Change in Nova Scotia.” The event focused on local opportunities for environmental initiatives and green jobs, highlighting the broad-based and growing movement that rejects pitting jobs and the economy against the environment, instead calling for a low carbon economy with decent green jobs. Andrea spoke about the Council’s recent report, Green, Decent and Public, co-authored with the Canadian Labour Congress.

To read more about Harden-Donahue’s east coast trip go here.

OP-ED: Green jobs needed, not more tarsands, John O'Connor, The Chronicle-Herald, April 28, 2011

To read Green, Decent and Public go here.

 

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updated July 7, 2011